Sum values based on multiple conditions

You want to sum values with more than one condition, such as the sum of sales of a certain product in a certain region. This is when you’d use the SUMIFS function in a formula.

Here’s an example where we have two conditions: we want the sum of Meat sales (from column C) in the South region (from column A).

Here’s the formula you’d use:

=SUMIFS(D2:D11,A2:A11,”South”,C2:C11,”Meat”)The result is 14719, and here’s how the formula works.

=SUMIFS is an arithmetic formula. It calculates numbers, which in this case are in column D. So start by telling the formula where the numbers are:

=SUMIFS(D2:D11,

In other words, you want the formula to sum numbers in that column if they meet the conditions. That cell range is your first argument, or piece of data the function needs to run.

Next, you want to find data that meets two conditions, so you enter your first condition by telling the function where the data resides (A2:A11) and what the condition is, which is “South”. Notice the commas between the separate arguments.

=SUMIFS(D2:D11,A2:A11,”South”,

Quotation marks around “South” tell Excel it’s using text data.

Finally, you enter the arguments for your second condition – the range of cells (C2:C11) that contains the word “meat,” plus the word itself (surrounded by quotes) so that Excel can match it. End the formula with a closing parenthesis ) and then press Enter to get the result of 14719.

=SUMIFS(D2:D11,A2:A11,”South”,C2:C11,”Meat”)

As you type the SUMIFS function in Excel, if you don’t remember the arguments, help is nearby. After you type =SUMIFS( Formula AutoComplete appears beneath the formula, with the list of arguments in their proper order.

Looking at the image of Formula AutoComplete and the list of arguments, in our example sum_rangeis D2:D11, the column of numbers you want to sum; criteria_range1is A2.A11, the column of data where criteria1 “South” resides.

As you type, the rest of the arguments will appear in Formula AutoComplete (not shown here); criteria_range2 is C2:C11, the column of data where criteria2 “Meat” resides.

If you click SUMIFS in Formula AutoComplete, an article opens to give you more help.

Give it a try

If you want to play around with the SUMIFS function, here’s some sample data and a formula that uses the function.

You can work with sample data and formulas right here, in this Excel Online workbook. Change values and formulas, or add your own values and formulas and watch the results change, live.

Copy all the cells in the table below, and paste into cell A1 in a new worksheet in Excel. You may want to adjust column widths to see the formulas better

Region

Salesperson

Type

Sales

South

Ito

Beverages

3571

West

Lannin

Dairy

3338

East

Makovec

Beverages

5122

North

Makovec

Dairy

6239

South

Jordan

Produce

8677

South

Lannin

Meat

450

South

Lannin

Meat

7673

East

Makovec

Produce

664

North

Lannin

Produce

1500

South

Jordan

Meat

6596

Formula

Description

Result

'=SUMIFS(D2:D11,A2:A11,"South", C2:C11,"Meat")

Sums the Meat Sales inColumn C in the South region in Column A (result is 14719).